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THE MALAYSIAN UNGULATES, 
parts of Europe. It existed in the British Isles up to about 
1,600 a.d. It ranges now as far as Central Asia and North 
Africa. In India it is replaced by a rather larger, crested 
form (N. .c. cris talus), very similar to (and. in the opinion of 
some, hardly separable from) the European 8. s. scrofa . The 
Indian Boar stands about 3 ft, at the shoulder, and weighs 
from 200 to 3Qi> lbs. or more. There is a record of one over 
434 inches in height. Tusks (when extracted from the lower 
jaw) measure 8 to 10 inches. 
Sows and young pig go about together in droves of a 
-dozen or so, but old boars are solitary. Pigs are very prolific ; 
they produce about two litters a year, from six to ten young 
at a time; the period of gestation is four months. 
Wild pigs in Malaysia do -a lot of damage to crops. From 
their habit of tunning up the ground with their snouts in search 
•of young roots for food, they leave marks easily recognizable. 
But they are not particular as to food and will feed on dead 
animals or anything thev can find. 
The Wild Boar is a pugnacious animal when provoked. 
There are records of boars in India having attacked or killed 
tigers. * The lower tusks grind against the upper ones and are 
thus kept particularly sharp. They are most formidable 
weapons, capable of ripping open any foe. 
Rowland Ward gives the lengths (outside curve) of nine 
Indian tusks, ranging from in. to 10 in. 
In Malaysia a rather smaller form than the Indian one 
ranges throughout the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and 
adjacent small islands, divided up by various authorities into 
several geographical races. It rarely exceeds 2 ft. 6 in. in 
height at the shoulder. 
The young are striped, rather like the voting of the Tapir, 
In Sumatra, Java and the southern part of the Malay Penin- 
sula, the adult has a light streak on either side of the face, 
which is however, absent in those from the North of the Malay 
Peninsula. 
The report; of a form of the Common Wild Pig in Borneo 
is open to question. It reaches the llhio Archipelago and the 
Xatuna Islands, but seems to be entirely replaced in Borneo 
bv the larger Bearded Pig. It is interesting to note however 
that both species occur together in the Rhio Archipelago, 
Pahang and Sumatra. 
*6. THE CELEBES WILD PIG . 
8m celeb ends. 
In Celebes occurs a form of Wild Pig which is inter- 
mediate in some ways la? tween the Bearded Pig of Borneo, the 
Striped Pig of the Malay Peninsula and the Wart Pig of 
